Blood and Orchids (1986)
- Director(s):
- Jerry Thorpe
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Blood and Orchids was adapted from Norman Katkov from his own fact-based book. The scene is Hawaii, 1937. The wife (Madeline Stowe) of a naval officer (William Russ) is beaten nearly to death by her lover (Matt Salinger)--her husband's best friend. Four native Hawaiians find the woman and take her to the hospital, then flee out of fear of being blamed for the assault themselves. The aristocratic mother (Jane Alexander) of the beaten woman knows the truth, but, coldly insistent upon maintaining white supremacy on the islands, orders her daughter to claim that the Hawaiian boys had abused her. A trial follows, complicated by an honest police officer (Kris Kristofferson), who doesn't believe the victim's story. This two-part TV movie digresses from the source novel by hoking up a romance between the cop and the young wife (Sean Young) of the prosecuting attorney (Jose Ferrer). Blood and Orchids was originally telecast in February of 1986. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Jane Alexander - Doris Ashley
- Matt Salinger - Bryce Parker
- Kris Kristofferson - Curt Maddox
- Merritt Butrick - Duane York
- George Coe - Dr. Lansing
- Clarence Felder - Fairly
- Arthur Rosenberg - Sergeant Jack Keller
- Madeleine Stowe - Hester Ashley Murdoch
- William Russ - Lloyd Murdoch
- Sean Young - Leonore Bergman
- Susan Blakely - Marie Farrell
- David Clennon - Phillip Murray
- Richard Dysart - Harvey Koster
- Sandy McPeak - Admiral Glenn Langdon
- James Saito
- José Ferrer - Walter Bergman
- Director(s):
- Jerry Thorpe
- Writer(s):
- Norman Katkov
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